Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. v. Good Knight Inn Motel Corp

I. INTRODUCTION

19 Pending before the Court is an unopposed Application for Approval of 20 Compromise of a Disputed Claim (“Application”). (Ex Parte Appl. (“Appl.”), ECF 21 No. 30.) Petitioner Rosalinda Roy, Guardian Ad Litem (“GAL”) for Defendant 22 Dipankar Roy, verified the Petition. (See id. at 8.) For the reasons stated below, 23 Petitioners’ Application is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 24

II. BACKGROUND

25 On March 22, 2021, Reverend Ivy Johnson and Khiya Huligar (“Underlying 26 Plaintiffs”) filed a legal action in Los Angeles County Superior Court, entitled 27 Reverend Ivy Johnson et al. v. Rosalinda Roy et al., Case No. 21STCV11024 (the 28 1 “Underlying Action”). (Appl. 3.) The Underlying Action sought damages arising out 2 of alleged habitability issues encountered during a stay at the Good Knight Inn. (Id.) 3 Rosalinda Roy and her husband, Dipankar Roy, jointly own Good Knight Inn Motel 4 Corp. (Decl. Rosalinda Roy ISO Appl. (“Roy Decl.”) ¶ 2, ECF No. 30.) 5 On September 7, 2023, Plaintiff Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. 6 (“AIIC”) filed this action against Defendants Good Knight Inn Motel Corp., Rosalinda 7 Roy,…